I'm always up for a 'new' Colani; but the bubbles in the roof don't align with the seats and steering wheel. Did anyone notice the airplane in the background of the black and white picture? Some of his best work involved locomotives.
The GTW is sweet. GM also produced the XP895/Aerovette around the same time, also Wankel powered.
Chevrolet Aerovette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In 1972, DeLorean authorized further work on the XP-882 chassis and gave it a new project code, XP-895. A near-identical body in aluminum alloy that resembled the XP-895 was constructed, and became the "Reynolds Aluminum Car." Two of the Chevrolet Vega 2-rotor engines were joined together as a 4-rotor, 420 horsepower (310 kW) engine, which was used to power XP-895. The XP-895 was first shown in late 1973. Another Corvette concept, XP-897GT, also appeared in 1973, which used a 2-rotor engine. However, with the energy crisis of the time, GM scrapped its rotary development work and all plans for a Wankel-powered car. The XP-897GT 2-rotor Concept was sold to Tom Falconer and fitted with a Mazda 13B rotary engine in 1997.
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